Dismissal of U.S. attorneys controversy timeline

Dates that attorneys were sworn in under a presidential nomination and United States Senate confirmation (some may have already been serving under interim appointment, in anticipation of senate confirmation).

Acting under the guidance of what we believe to be an erroneous opinion of the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel, the Administration has been employing this misguided approach to put somebody in place for 330 days without the advice and consent of the Senate.

Hagen received the highest possible ratings for her work as liaison between the Justice Department and the U.S. attorneys' committee on Native American issues.

Her final job evaluation lists five categories for supervisors to rank her performance.

And at the bottom of the page, under "overall rating level", she also got the top mark: Outstanding.